Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Pragmata runs well across a range of PC with good levels of scalability - but it's fair to say that once RT and hair quality are factored into the optimised settings mix, there aren't too many savings beyond a non-path-traced max. Still, PT can run well even on an RTX 5070 and there's still the matter of how to make this game work well on an 8GB GPU. Many thanks to DF contributor Rayan for putting in the legwork on this one!

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00:00 Introduction
01:12 Shader Compilation/Stutter Check
02:21 Optimised Settings: Path Tracing
04:46 Optimised Settings: Ray Tracing
05:30 Optimised Settings: Global Illumination
05:57 Optimised Settings: Hair Quality
06:48 Optimised Settings: Texture Quality + 8GB Recommendations
08:18 Optimised Settings: Mesh Quality
09:10 Optimised Settings: Shadow Quality + Shadow Cache
10:26 Optimised Settings: Effects Quality
11:06 Optimised Settings: Volumetric Quality
11:38 Optimised Settings: Screen-Space Reflections
12:23 Optimised Settings Table + Summary
13:14 Path Tracing on RTX 5070 + RTX 5090
15:18 And Now, The Conclusion